This week turned out to be a defensive struggle, with the Minutemen coming up just short on the road at Waldo Stadium.

UMass grabbed the lead early when quarterback Mike Wegzyn found Alan Williams for a 14-yard touchdown in the first quarter.

The Broncos would roar back though, tying the game on a Dareyon Chance 4-yard touchdown run. Chance would find the end zone again in the second quarter, this time from two yards out, then a Michael Cox fumble set up a Western Michigan touchdown pass to make the score 21-7.

Neither team was able to break through in the second half, with Wegzyn struggling to get in a rhythm, and the UMass running game not providing much either.